Hishido Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Greetings, We're very aware that a lot of you have a big interest in pixel art, and as such a lot of you are drawing and posting on these forums. I think it's absolutely excellent that there's such a big interest in it, but I've also realized that a lot of people are drawing on a whim and, as such, aren't quite grasping the underlying concepts of drawing. As a result, I've opened this thread where existing staff of Nin Online can (if they want to) periodically post their own tutorials on certain concepts. Furthermore, I am also posting a list of 30 -EXCELLENT- pixel art tutorials for beginners. The List : http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/pixel-art-tutorials/ If you're a new artist, I highly recommend going through some of the beginner tutorials before posting on the site. Some of the things I recommend working on are : - Color choice. This is probably (in my opinion) the most important decision to make before attempting to draw your icon. Pick a palette, choose colours that work well together, and draw from there. I'll probably post an entire palette tutorial in the near future, but go look through some of the other tutorials. Color choice can make or break your icon. - Perspective (NB - Go through this very thoroughly. Nin Online's perspective can be quite tricky for more complex icons, so make sure you understand the underlying structure before starting to draw). - Line Art (especially line breaks) - Shading (Need I say more? 99% of people can't shade properly. I recommend going through some physics theory on how light rays work and how they are naturally inclined to break and split over an object at different angles. There are excellent YouTube tutorials on this). - Proportions. Another big problem for artists - a single pixel out of place can make the difference between a skinny model and an obese sumo wrestler. Also, I see a lot of starting artists attempting to learn how to draw by immediately drawing human anatomy. Human anatomy is, perhaps, one of the most difficult things to master. It requires intimate knowledge of bone structure and muscle physics to be done even mildly well. I recommend starting by drawing normal shapes and experimenting with all the principles of drawing first. If you're comfortable with that, move on to drawing simple objects like fruit. After that, move on to animals, and then to humans. (Working on stuff like trees, lamp posts, etc... could work as well, but you won't be able to do that effectively until you can represent textures accurately.) NB : Experiment with texture depiction! The majority of pixel artists struggle very hard to represent texture, and it's a -big- problem.Another thing : Start by drawing still images. When you're comfortable with drawing that, you can move on to animation. I'll personally be making some tutorials on animation at some point in the future, as there are some basic principles that you need to know before even trying to start doing it. Good luck, and have fun drawing! Kind Regards, Hishido 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavie Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thanks Next weekend I hope to put myself more into Nin and Pixel-art, this will help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahmah Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 This is really helpful, maybe I'll start to pixel again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hei Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 Same here I gave up pixel art long ago, but I might start again ._. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endou Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 guess im going to start learning then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavie Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 Same here I gave up pixel art long ago, but I might start again ._.Did you make your signature? I can't keep my eyes off of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rj4khunned Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Whats a program i can use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hishido Posted October 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 You can use any graphics editing software you want. This ranges from normal Microsoft Paint to Photoshop. I'd suggest you start with graphicsgale, though. It's free software and its internal structure feels as if it was specifically made for pixel art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 You can use any graphics editing software you want. This ranges from normal Microsoft Paint to Photoshop. I'd suggest you start with graphicsgale, though. It's free software and its internal structure feels as if it was specifically made for pixel art. it was specifically made for pixel art 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boruda Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Working on the tutorials now! Day three of trying to sprite, and I'm still terrible. Posting this rock in good faith. After a few hundred hours of practice, I hope to send you something MUCH better in the future >:)))To anyone else beginning this journey alongside me: You have just as much, if not more potential than me and my crappy rock crafting abilities here. As you watch me grow, be inspired and grow along with me. Let's make Nin Online a success! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno Posted January 20, 2016 Report Share Posted January 20, 2016 This is really fascinating, I'll try use these tutorials.Nice share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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